1954–55 Bury F.C. season

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Bury
1954–55 season
ManagerDave Russell
StadiumGigg Lane
First Division13th (41 Points)
FA CupThird Round

During the 1954–55 season Bury competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 13th position with 41 points. In the FA Cup Bury were drawn against fellow Second Division side Stoke City in the third round which went to a fourth replay with Stoke finally winning 3–2 after 9 hours and 22 minutes of football in the longest FA Cup tie between two professional teams.

Final league table

Second Division

Pos Club P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Birmingham City 42 22 10 10 92 47 1.957 54
2 Luton Town 42 23 8 11 88 53 1.660 54
3 Rotherham United 42 25 4 13 94 64 1.469 54
4 Leeds United 42 23 7 12 70 53 1.321 53
5 Stoke City 42 21 10 11 69 46 1.500 52
6 Blackburn Rovers 42 22 6 14 114 79 1.443 50
7 Notts County 42 21 6 15 74 71 1.042 48
8 West Ham United 42 18 10 14 74 70 1.057 46
9 Bristol Rovers 42 19 7 16 75 70 1.071 45
10 Swansea Town 42 17 9 16 86 83 1.036 43
11 Liverpool 42 16 10 16 92 96 0.958 42
12 Middlesbrough 42 18 6 18 73 82 0.890 42
13 Bury 42 15 11 16 77 72 1.069 41
14 Fulham 42 14 11 17 76 79 0.962 39
15 Nottingham Forest 42 16 7 19 58 62 0.935 39
16 Lincoln City 42 13 10 19 68 79 0.861 36
17 Port Vale 42 12 11 19 48 71 0.676 35
18 Doncaster Rovers 42 14 7 21 58 95 0.611 35
19 Hull City 42 12 10 20 44 69 0.638 34
20 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 7 23 57 82 0.695 31
21 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 25 57 92 0.620 28
22 Derby County 42 7 9 26 53 82 0.646 23

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

21 August 1954 1 Lincoln City 3 – 2 Bury Sincil Bank
24 August 1954 2 Bury 2 – 1 Luton Town Gigg Lane
28 August 1954 3 Bury 1 – 3 Fulham Gigg Lane
1 September 1954 4 Luton Town 3 – 2 Bury Kenilworth Road
4 September 1954 5 Bury 5 – 3 Leeds United Gigg Lane
6 September 1954 6 Rotherham United 4 – 2 Bury Millmoor
18 September 1954 8 Bury 2 – 1 Ipswich Town Gigg Lane
20 September 1954 9 Bury 2 – 2 Rotherham United Gigg Lane
25 September 1954 10 Birmingham City 1 – 3 Bury St Andrew's
2 October 1954 11 Bury 0 – 1 Middlesbrough Gigg Lane
16 October 1954 13 Bury 2 – 2 Derby County Gigg Lane
23 October 1954 14 Liverpool 1 – 1 Bury Anfield
30 October 1954 15 Bury 3 – 1 Bristol Rovers Gigg Lane
6 November 1954 16 Plymouth Argyle 2 – 4 Bury Home Park
13 November 1954 17 Bury 2 – 2 Port Vale Gigg Lane
20 November 1954 18 Swansea City 1 – 1 Bury Vetch Field
27 November 1954 19 Bury 1 – 2 Notts County Gigg Lane
11 December 1954 21 Bury 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Gigg Lane
18 December 1954 22 Bury 2 – 1 Lincoln City Gigg Lane
25 December 1954 23 Stoke City 3 – 2 Bury Victoria Ground
King
27 December 1954 24 Bury 1 – 1 Stoke City Gigg Lane
King
1 January 1955 25 Fulham 0 – 0 Bury Craven Cottage
15 January 1955 26 Leeds United 1 – 0 Bury Elland Road
5 February 1955 27 Ipswich Town 2 – 3 Bury Portman Road
12 February 1955 28 Bury 0 – 1 Birmingham City Gigg Lane
26 February 1955 29 Bury 1 – 4 Doncaster Rovers Gigg Lane
12 March 1955 31 Bury 3 – 4 Liverpool Gigg Lane
2 April 1955 34 Port Vale 1 – 0 Bury Vale Park
8 April 1955 35 Bury 4 – 1 Hull City Gigg Lane
9 April 1955 36 Bury 2 – 1 Swansea City Gigg Lane
11 April 1955 37 Hull City 1 – 0 Bury Boothferry Park
16 April 1955 38 Notts County 2 – 1 Bury Meadow Lane

FA Cup

8 January 1955 Round 3 Bury 1 – 1 Stoke City Gigg Lane
King Attendance: 20,227
12 January 1955 Replay Stoke City 1 – 1 Bury Victoria Ground
Ratcliffe Attendance: 13,352
17 January 1955 2nd Replay Bury 3 – 3 Stoke City Goodison Park
King
Bowyer
Attendance: 2,469
19 January 1955 3rd Replay Stoke City 2 – 2 Bury Anfield
King
Ratcliffe
Attendance: 9,881
24 January 1955 4th Replay Stoke City 3 – 2 Bury Old Trafford
Thomson
Coleman
Attendance: 22,549

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Scotland SCO Chris Conway
GK Scotland SCO Lewis Goram
DF England ENG Cyril Fairclough
DF England ENG Eric Massey
DF South Africa RSA Norman Nielson
DF England ENG Billy Redman
DF England ENG Don Wilson
MF Northern Ireland NIR Peter Tilley
MF England ENG Henry Cockburn
MF England ENG Jimmy Greenhalgh
MF England ENG Tommy Daniel
MF England ENG Don May
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Les Bardsley
MF England ENG Walter Kelly
FW England ENG Johnny Simm
FW England ENG Johnny Robinson
FW England ENG Doug Clarke
FW England ENG Stan Pearson
FW Northern Ireland NIR Bobby McIlvenny
FW England ENG Cecil Law
FW Scotland SCO Harry Gordon
FW England ENG John Good
FW England ENG Eddie Gleadall
FW England ENG Doug Fletcher

References

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